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steamship constitution pacific ocean off coast oxaca, lat 18Â°-06 long 98Â°-.o9 may 25th 1867 my dear father having been nearly exhausted by the excessive heat i have until the present moment delayed writing to youâ€"to break the monotony of the voyage however I have determined to write you a detailed account of our voyage in the first place however i must tell you more of our expedition there are on board five of usâ€"mr king chief mr custer topographical engineer.) t.h o'sullivan photographer.) w w bailey botanist.) & myself in all our party consists of ten scientific persons the other five of whom went out by the steamer of the 1st they are as follows prof hague & brother geologist & mining engineers. Prof emmons geologist: clarke topographical engineer. gardner chief of t e.'s on arriving in cal. we have an escort of u.s cavalry which will always be ready in case any emergency. perhaps you will be

steamship constitution pacific ocean off coast oxaca, lat 18Â°-06 long 98Â°-.o9 may 25th 1867 my dear father having been nearly exhausted by the excessive heat i have until the present moment delayed writing to you"to break the monotony of the voyage however I have determined to write you a detailed account of our voyage in the first place however i must tell you more of our expedition there are on board five of us"mr king chief mr custer topographical engineer.) t.h o'sullivan photographer.) w w bailey botanist.) & myself in all our party consists of ten scientific persons the other five of whom went out by the steamer of the 1st they are as follows prof hague & brother geologist & mining engineers. Prof emmons geologist: clarke topographical engineer. gardner chief of t e.'s on arriving in cal. we have an escort of u.s cavalry which will always be ready in case any emergency. perhaps you will be

steamship constitution pacific ocean off coast oxaca, lat 18Â°-06 long 98Â°-.o9 may 25th 1867 my dear father having been nearly exhausted by the excessive heat i have until the present moment delayed writing to youâ€"to break the monotony of the voyage however I have determined to write you a detailed account of our voyage in the first place however i must tell you more of our expedition there are on board five of usâ€"mr king chief mr custer topographical engineer.) t.h o'sullivan photographer.) w w bailey botanist.) & myself in all our party consists of ten scientific persons the other five of whom went out by the steamer of the 1st they are as follows prof hague & brother geologist & mining engineers. Prof emmons geologist: clarke topographical engineer. gardner chief of t e.'s on arriving in cal. we have an escort of u.s cavalry which will always be ready in case any emergency. perhaps you will be